Necktie rack



Oct. 28, 1952 s. SAMPSQN 2,615,579

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Patented Oct. 28, 1952 UNITED STATES .01.11121cfr/:1 f

Sam"Sampson,1HeWlett, N..Y.,.assignorto Swank, Y i

Inc.,a eorporation ofD'elaware AApplicationfJ u1y`12, 1949, SerialNo. 104,330" l 1 Claim. (Cl.211-`100) This invention relates to a neck tie rack for holding a number of neck ties in a position which will enable them to be more readily viewed.

Neck tie racks are usually in a form which extend outwardly from the Wall and comprise a bar over which the neck tie may be hung. When a number of ties are positioned on such a bar, the upper ties obscure the ones beneath and must be moved in order for one to see the under ties on the rack.

One of the object-s of this invention is to provide a tie rack in which the ties may be more spread out and may be assembled in a position Where they will not readily slide to one side or the other.

Another object of this invention s to provide a tie rack which may project from the wall or inside of a door to spread the ties for easy viewing. but which when not in use may be folded against the wall to dispose the ties one on the other for more compact sto-rage.

Another object of this invention is to provide a simple form of construction by which the ties may be supported and yet held in ready view.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features as will be more fully described hereinafter and pointed out specifically in the appended claim.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the ltie rack mounted on a wall in its collapsed position.

Figure 2 is a side elevation illustrating the tie rack in extended position and away from such support.

Figure 3 is a plan View of a bracket as blanked from sheet stock, which is used for pivotly mounting the arm of the tie rack, and Figure 4 is a sectional view through the bracket and arm showing the holding means for maintaining the two parts in a desired relative position.

In proceeding with this invention, I provide a U-shaped bracket between the spaced ears of which an arm is pivotly mounted. The arm carries bars over which dii'erent ties may be positioned, with some sort of spacing means for these ties to prevent them from sliding along the bar. A means is provided for holding the arm in a generally vertical position and another means for holding the arm in a generally horizontal posi tion, the latter of which permits the ties to be more readily viewed while the former collapses the ties, one upon the other, for storage.

With reference to the drawings, the bracket is designated generally IU, as shown in the plan view in Figure 3 prior to being bent. This bracket is bent into generally U form to provide ears II while being packed closely together.

connected by a wall engaging portion I2, having openings I3 for securing the same to the inside of a closet door, or wall I4. An arm I5, which has a w-idth equal to the distance between the ears yI I, is pivoted by a pin I6 extending through openings in the ears I I and armsl5, and is headed at the outer surface ofthe ears so as to pivotly mount this arm in the bracket.

The arm I5 is usually formed of wood and is provided with a pair of bores I1 and I8 extending laterally across the arm I5. These bores contain balls I9--I9 in the bore I1 and 20-20 in the bore I8, each of which pair are forced out- Wardly by springs 2 I and 22, as shown in Figure 4. There are a series of openings in the ears II, there 'being a center opening 25 and openings 26 and 21 at either side, although positioned along the surface of an arc struck from the pivot opening 28 through which the pin I8 extends. When 'the arm is in the horizontal position, as shown in Figure 2, the balls 2U will extend into the openings 26 in the opposite ears, and the balls I9 will extend into the openings 25 in the opposite ears, as shown in Figure 2. When the arm is swung to the vertical position, the arrangement is such that the balls I9 will extend into the openings 21 to hold the arm in vertical position, and as the vertical position does not require as rigida holding as the horizontal position, the'spacing between the openings 21 and 25 is of a distance shorter than the distance between the bores I1 y and I8 so that the balls 28 press against the ears but not into the openings 28 when the arm is in vertical position. It thus becomes a very easy matter to swing the arm from vertical position upwardly to where it is held more rmly by reason of the engagement of two pairs of balls than to swing the arm from the horizontal position downwardly to the vertical position when it is engaged by the two pair of balls in the intertting openings.

A series of bars 38 of any desired number, the number shown being four, are provided, each of which has lingers 3| extending at right angles to the bar so as to receive neck ties, such as at 32, 33, etc., in the spaces between the fingers 3|.

When the rack is entirely lled with neck ties, one in each of the spaces between the lingers 3|, and draped over the bar, as shown in 'Figure 1,

the rack may be disposed in a vertical position so that the neck ties will take up very little space However, when the arm is swung to horizonta1 position, as Vshown in Figure 2, the neck ties, as illustrated in dotted lines, will then be spacedapart, making 3 them readily observable and available for withdrawing from the rack.

Iclaim:

A necktie rack comprising a bracket adapted to be secured to a Wall and provided with ears extending outwardly from the wall engaging portion thereof, an arm positioned between and pivotally mounted by said ears, a cross/bar carried by said arm over which ties may be positioned,

a pluralityof pairs of spring pressed balls carried l0 any other opening than the distance between a."

pair of 'balls and is located to receive a single ball when the arm is in vertical depending position 4 whereby less force is required to detach the balls from locking position when the arm is vertical than when horizontal.

SAM SAMPSON.

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